Location
Liverpool | United Kingdom
Job description
Devonshire Hayes have partnered with a leading Financial Services client to help them secure an SQL DBA. As the SQL DBA you will be responsible for all the operational aspects of cloud-native and hybrid data platform solutions built with Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Azure Data Services.
Hybrid - 2 days per week on-site
You will be tasked with the following:
- Performance and tuning of our production SQL environment hosted both on-premises and in Azure.
- Ensure the Azure SQL environment is monitored, pro-actively identify changes required to optimise, whilst working with development teams to engineer out reoccurring problems.
- Provide technical MS SQL expertise to support the aims and objectives of customer solutions.
- Provide support for all SQL Database issues from support and other departments where required to resolve issues.
- Secondary to the above, the Database Administrator is to assist in complex conversion and installation of customer data, ensuring data integrity and optimal performance.
- Work towards a centre of excellence for both day-to-day performance and incident fixes.
- Share domain and technical expertise, providing technical mentorship and cross-training to other peers and team members. Ensuring knowledge is kept up to date and in an available format.
To be successful in this role, you should:
- Substantial proven expertise in installing, configuring, and supporting Microsoft SQL Server (versions 2008 R2 and above).
- Experience of working within a hybrid enterprise Azure SQL environment.
- Experience in continuous improvement and continuous delivery on database projects.
- Experience in providing high-level technical support both operationally and to end users.
- Implementation, management, configuration, troubleshooting and maintenance of critical SQL Server RDBMS systems, ensuring the availability and consistent performance of our corporate applications.
- Good hands-on experience of TSQL and PowerShell.
- Solid experience of MS SQL SSIS, SSRS.
- SQL Backup, Index Optimization, Database Integrity, and other maintenance skills including SQL server patching across all SQL Servers. Exposure to Commvault.
- Ability to provide 24/7 on-call cover support on a rota basis.
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£55k per annum
